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Lake City Tennessee Map

Explore Lake City, Tennessee, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lake City, Tennessee

How to Use This Lake City, Tennessee Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake City, Tennessee. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Tennessee or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lake City.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lake City
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Anderson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.218
Longitude	-84.158
Population	1,700
Density	280.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37769
Area Code	865
County Seat	Clinton

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About Lake City, Tennessee

Lake City is a locality in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,700. The population density is 280.0 people per km². Lake City is located at 36.2180°N, 84.1580°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37769.

Lake City emerges from the topography where Coal Creek carves a persistent, narrow passage through the earth, marking the transition between the rugged foothills and the deeper, verdant folds of the landscape. It lies 8.1 miles north of Clinton, TN (from Clinton, TN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south of Jacksboro. Longfield Hollow provides a sheltered cradle for the settlement, its low-lying terrain catching the golden, slanted light of late afternoon that turns the surrounding thickets into a study of shadow and amber. The air here holds a cool, damp weight, carrying the scent of rich soil and decaying leaves from the nearby Norris Forestry Research Area, while the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Cumberland Mountains define the horizon’s edge. Even in the stillness of the afternoon, the presence of Melton Hill Lake nearby lends a subtle, atmospheric humidity to the breeze, softening the sharp lines of the valley and grounding the landscape in a quiet, terrestrial permanence.

Coal Creek serves as a constant reminder of a past defined by the extraction of subterranean wealth, a history that shaped the local economy and forged the resilient character of the people who settled these hills. While the industrial rhythms of earlier decades have shifted, the spirit of Lake City remains tethered to the land, expressed in the quiet maintenance of the Ballfield where the community gathers under the wide, unhurried sky. A short distance away, the River Bluff Trail offers a path for those seeking to measure the endurance of the local woods, tracing the contours of a region that values its privacy and its slow, deliberate pace. Life in Lake City persists with a steady, unadorned grace, where the echoes of labor have faded into the hum of daily routines, leaving behind a place that feels entirely comfortable in its own quiet, inland geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 055° NE
George Templin Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 018° N
Ghosts of Convict Miners (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 246° SW
Fort Anderson (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 246° SW
Fire on Coal Creek (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 243° SW
Norris Dam State Park (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 050° NE
Norris Dam (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 050° NE
Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 027° NE · 5,964 acres
Miller Island State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 107° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 114° SE
North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 259° W
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 117° SE
Lulu's Epoxitorium (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 169° S
Chuck Swan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.6 mi, 061° NE
Agee (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 051° NE
Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 047° NE
Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria (Historic Ruins) — 11.5 mi, 204° SW
Abandoned Train (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 249° W
Oak Ridge Playhouse (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 199° S
Oak Ridge Children's Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 205° SW
American Museum of Science and Energy (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 200° S
The Oak Ridge History Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 203° SW
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 331° NW
Train Cars (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 297° NW
Clayton Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.7 mi, 181° S
Winona General Store (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 304° NW
Broadway Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 141° SE
Wimmer Stadium (Stadium) — 21.1 mi, 141° SE
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 25.9 mi, 357° N · 564k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 39.0 mi, 155° SE · 521k acres

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